Board Meeting #2 – 8.5.2017

8 May 2017
Budapest at RIPE74

Final

Present:
Hans Petter Holen, Chair
Nigel Titley, Treasurer
Daniel Karrenberg, Secretary
Mirjam Kühne, RIPE NCC Staff Support

The board agreed that the meeting had been convened properly and that there was a quorum.

Daniel reported that the RIPE NCC had agreed to support the foundation by giving Mirjam time to help, by maintaining the financial administration and by opening a bank account for the foundation.

Hans Petter reviewed the board’s informal discussion over the past weeks regarding the first award. The board subsequently passed the following resolutions:

The foundation will make awards to a living person who has made substantial and sustained technical or operational contributions to the development of the Internet in the RIPE NCC service region.
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The first award will be made at RIPE76.
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The award committee for the first award will consist of Jaap Akkerhuis, Eva Frölich, Elise Gerich, Daniel Karrenberg and Niall O’Reilly.
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The foundation will invite Lynn Blokzijl to present the first award.
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The foundation will pay each awardee 10.000 Euros.
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The foundation will reimburse the travel expenses of the awardees to the award ceremony.
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